Watch it, Commander!
Just over that next crater is the AXIS army. Fighting for the Moon's scarce resources in the 21st Century, this time they've caught you off-guard!
Military Madness is the latest game in my TurboGrafx journey.
Military Madness was released for the TurboGrafx-16 in February 1990, just a couple months after the TurboGrafx's first holiday season.
(In Japan, and in subsequent releases on other platforms, the game is named Nectaris.)
It is a turn-based military strategy game, featuring the "Allied Forces" fighting against the "AXIS Army" over vital resources on the Moon during the 21st Century.
You play as the Commander of the Allied Forces and you are charged with eliminating the AXIS threat and securing the resources for Earth.
Like most turn-based strategy games, you move your units in hexagonal blocks, and take turns attacking the enemy (when in range) or being attacked.
Certain types of terrain grant added defensive bonuses, and having units located directly around an enemy unit grants attack bonuses. Additionally, your units gain experience as they battle enemy units.
To win a mission you either have to eliminate all of the AXIS units on the map, or you have to move one of your human-based units into the enemy fortress.
As you progress in the game, additional unit types and buildings are introduced, like the Hadrain which has high attack power and long-range attacks, and the Factory which can repair units back to full strength.
I'm not a huge turn-based strategy fan, but I found Military Madness to be a lot of fun (at least until I got stuck on the third mission). At least the game has a continue-feature where you can start playing at the last map you were on, by inputting the name of the map on the continue screen. In the case of the third mission I got stuck on, the name of that map is Cyrano.
Back when it was released, Military Madness was well received by gaming critics, with EGM giving it 9, 8, 7 and 7 (very solid scores).
When it was rereleased on the Wii Shop Channel, IGN gave it a 7.5 out of 10 (not too shabby for an older title).
You can see some of my gameplay in the YouTube video below:
I could definitely see myself playing Military Madness on a fairly regular basis, especially as a nice change of pace from the shmups and side scrolling action games on the TurboGrafx.
Even though I had fun playing Military Madness, it's time to move onto the next game in my TurboGrafx journey, which is....
Ordyne!
I don't know anything about this game, other than I saw a few screenshots which make it look like a shmup. Can't wait to check it out.
Until next time!
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